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          Appeal No. 2002-0218                                                        
          Application No. 09/332,415                                                  

          disclosures of Clawson, Narumiya, Setzer, Dicks and Bhatta.  As             
          the examiner does not rely on Bhatta to remedy the above                    
          deficiency indicated supra, we reverse this rejection as well.              
                                        CONCLUSION                                    
               The provisional rejection of claims 1, 2, 7, 9, 12-18, 20,             
          and 22 under the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type            
          double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-22 of                  
          copending Application Serial No. 09/321,390 in view of Dicks is             
          affirmed.                                                                   
               The provisional rejection of Claims 19 and 23 under the                
          judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting            
          as being unpatentable over claims 1-22 of copending Application             
          Serial No. 09/321,390 in view of Dicks and Clawson is affirmed.             
               The rejection of Claim 23 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being               
          unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Clawson, Narumiya             
          and Setzer is affirmed.                                                     
               The rejection of Claims 1, 2, 7, 9, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, and            
          22 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the combined            
          disclosures of Clawson, Narumiya, Setzer, and Dicks is reversed.            
               The rejection of claims 13-15 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being           
          unpatentable over the combined disclosures of Clawson, Narumiya,            
          Setzer, Dicks, and Sheller is reversed.                                     



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